You don't need anything more than a popcicle stick or two to get them started, just a center guide of some type. All of my frames are beveled on the tablesaw before assembly. Just rip one side on a 45 degree angle and break the wedge out of the other side. The bees do the rest. Like the middle frame pictured. It's much quicker than adding strips...
And you get nice clean wax....
That's all I have done for 5 years now. Bees are healthy and productive. The bees draw cells depending on what they need at the moment. Usually they draw some drone first because they don't have any. I just slide it to the outside. After that they draw worker for the brood nest or larger for honey storage. You can extract it if it's attached on 3 sides. Soft new comb needs to harden a bit.